Red Bull X Fighters

Client

Red Bull

Locations

Calgary, Alberta Canada / Cairo Egypt

Years Executed

2009 - 20110

Category

Red Bull Event

About This Project

Red Bull X-Fighters are invitation tournaments where the best FMX riders in the world come face to face. The competitions’ particular flair comes on the one hand from the relatively restricted space in the bullfighting arenas (and therefore the close proximity of the crowd to the sporting spectacle) and, on the other hand, from the replication of a number of rituals from a typical “corrida”: for example, the riders are greeted by drum rolls and trumpetfanfares, and the public audience may honour the riders’ performances by waving white rags